General provisions

The course is an optional course and can be taken at the undergraduate level.

Entry requirements

60 credits

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students are to be able to:

• describe the historical perspectives and changes in society as explanatory factors to the structures and systems ofeducation
• describe, explain and analyse the teaching profession seen in a historical frame of reference regardingrecruitment, teacher education and working conditions

Content

• The historical development of different forms of teaching.
• Current structures of educational systems in Western Europe.
• Social, gender-related and ethnical differences in a meritocratic educational system.
• The significance of societal changes to explain various forms of education as well as their applications.
• The historical development of the teacher's role with regard to the recruitment of teachers, the design of teachereducation and teachers' working conditions.

Instruction

The instruction consists of lectures and seminars.

Assessment

A written or oral exam.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicatedand allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regardingspecial pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.